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U. Pont, S. Swoboda, A. Jonas, Florian Waldmayer, P. Schober, Heinz Priebernig, A. Mahdavi:
"Combining scientific approaches in building science and architectural design in academia: A case study";
International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering, 9 (2018), 2; S. 129 - 135.

(no german version) A successful coupling of architectural design with multi-aspect building performance assessment is a complex, but necessary requirement for today´s building planning- and retrofi t-activities. Architects are required to not only possess the vocabulary and basic knowledge in multiple fi elds, but must also work in collaborative design teams, composed of different domain specialists (e.g., structural engineers and building simulation experts). However, training in collaborative work is rarely provided in academic surroundings. In this contribution, we describe an educational effort toward interdisciplinary work on a specifi c and clearly defined architectural design task, which strongly necessitates the consideration of performance mandates. The task is the retrofit and redesign of an existing building façade from the 1950s. "Rationalist" buildings of this period often display reasonable functional solutions and good daylight availability, but they have performance shortcomings in other areas. These encompass, for instance, poor thermal performance of the envelope, lack of suffi cient indoor environmental control, and unsatisfactory overall appearance. In a combined design studio and project course for building performance modelling, students from different disciplinary backgrounds formed interdisciplinary design teams. These teams worked together on façade retrofi t ideas for the aforementioned building, considering both aesthetic aspects and performance issues from the very fi rst design sketch. This led to the development and performance evaluation of a number of original façade retrofi t ideas. In addition, the students were asked to devise the building process management. They thus had to consider not only design issues, but practical matters of building construction. The present contribution illustrates the scope, the applied approaches, and the concrete results of this interdisciplinary academic effort.

A successful coupling of architectural design with multi-aspect building performance assessment is a complex, but necessary requirement for today´s building planning- and retrofi t-activities. Architects are required to not only possess the vocabulary and basic knowledge in multiple fi elds, but must also work in collaborative design teams, composed of different domain specialists (e.g., structural engineers and building simulation experts). However, training in collaborative work is rarely provided in academic surroundings. In this contribution, we describe an educational effort toward interdisciplinary work on a specifi c and clearly defined architectural design task, which strongly necessitates the consideration of performance mandates. The task is the retrofit and redesign of an existing building façade from the 1950s. "Rationalist" buildings of this period often display reasonable functional solutions and good daylight availability, but they have performance shortcomings in other areas. These encompass, for instance, poor thermal performance of the envelope, lack of suffi cient indoor environmental control, and unsatisfactory overall appearance. In a combined design studio and project course for building performance modelling, students from different disciplinary backgrounds formed interdisciplinary design teams. These teams worked together on façade retrofi t ideas for the aforementioned building, considering both aesthetic aspects and performance issues from the very fi rst design sketch. This led to the development and performance evaluation of a number of original façade retrofi t ideas. In addition, the students were asked to devise the building process management. They thus had to consider not only design issues, but practical matters of building construction. The present contribution illustrates the scope, the applied approaches, and the concrete results of this interdisciplinary academic effort.

façade retrofi t, architectural design, interdisciplinary approach, knowledge-based design, parametric design

http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/1848.2018.9.2.8

https://akademiai.com/doi/pdf/10.1556/1848.2018.9.2.8